Dr Mpango said in Dar es Salaam
yesterday that 10 per cent of revenues on car insurance businesses in
the country are lost due to the existence of counterfeit insurance cover
stickers glued on vehicle windscreens. He said the fake covers are
highly used in vehicles transported outside the country through Dar es
Salaam Port and in motorcycles.
The Minister made the revelation in a
speech read on his behalf by Deputy Permanent Secretary (PS) in the
Ministry, Khatibu Kazungu, during the launch of a new portal that
manages motor insurance stickers and their respective cover notes.
The portal (TIRA MIS) designed by
Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority (TIRA), enables car owners,
motorists and all other stakeholders to verify the issued stickers and
respective cover notes on-line using mobile phones.
Dr Mpango asked Tanzania Revenue
Authority (TRA), SUMATRA and police to team up with TIRA and get
connected to the portal in order to acquire all the information of motor
vehicle insurances as they are helpful in tackling their roles.
“I call upon all the stakeholders to
make use of the portal (TIRA MIS) to ensure everyone plays his or her
part to track down the influx of forged covers in the country,” he said.
Dr Mpango also asked TIRA to make public
all the information on motor insurances legally issued in the country,
in order to enable car owners and motorists acquire genuine cover
stickers.
He also asked the insurance agents,
companies and intermediaries to verify registration numbers of the cover
stickers issued by TIRA once their insurances are registered.
The Commissioner of Insurance of TIRA,
Baghayo Saqware said that a survey conducted in some regions in the
country indicates that 20 per cent of 1,596 vehicles had fake insurance
sticker covers.
He stressed the need for car owners,
motorists and other stakeholders to make use of the portal (TIRA MIS) to
verify the stickers in order to avoid fake products issued by bogus
companies.
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